Maritime museums · East Midlands
Ross Tiger
Ross Tiger in England East Midlands, United Kingdom.
David Wright — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
About
Ross Tiger is a preserved museum ship in England East Midlands, United Kingdom — a vessel of historic significance preserved as a public visitor attraction. Britain's museum ships span Tudor warships (Mary Rose), tea clippers (Cutty Sark), Victorian battleships (HMS Warrior) and 20th-century submarines.
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From the Wikipedia article
Ross Tiger is a traditional side-winder fishing trawler that was converted into a museum ship in 1992. She is currently berthed in Alexandra Dock at her home port of Grimsby, close to the site of the former PS Lincoln Castle. She forms the star attraction of North East Lincolnshire County Council's National Fishing Heritage Centre since restored and opened to the public in 1992. As Grimsby's last traditional sidewinder 'conventional trawler', she represents a now virtually extinct breed of vessels that once made up the largest fishing fleet in the world. She is a member of the National Register of Historic Vessels with certificate number 621.
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Background
History
Ross Tiger, GY398, is North East Lincolnshire's memorial to the history of the Port of Grimsby. The town today has thriving industry and is, according to ABP,'Chief vehicle-handling centre of the North, handling almost 400,000 vehicles annually' with ships up to 6000 dwt However, Grimsby will always be associated with its terrific history. With Victorian docks once the envy of the nation, Grimsby was famed for its great fishing fleet. Fishing from the port of Grimsby goes back as far as Grim, the Danish fisherman who founded the town, and her trawlers were a permanent feature of one of the busiest waterways in the British Isles – the River Humber. During World War II, Grimsby became the…
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- Coordinates
- 53.5695, -0.0833
- Official site
- www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7369661 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ross Tiger (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ross Tiger?
- Ross Tiger is in East Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.5695°, -0.0833°.
- Who owns Ross Tiger?
- Ross Tiger is owned by Ross Trawlers Ltd.